Slogging Thru Smithville
Continuing with this cloudy but colorful fall chase, Vermont Railway train 263 is seen working its way east as it passes a string of boxcars to be loaded at the Magris talc plant and approaches the East Hil Rd. grade crossing at MP 25.5 on the Green Mountain Railroad's Bellows Falls Subdivision. This line traces its history back to 1849 when the Rutland Railroad's mainline from the Connecticut River town to Burlington opened by way of its namesake community.
Leading the way, with an SD70 and two blue geeps trailing, is VTR 208 a GP38-2 purchased from LLPX. The unit was originally blt. in Aug. 1972 as Penn Central 8028 then passed to Conrail until being picked up by Union Pacific at the end of its 15 year lease where it spend a half dozen years before ending up in EMD's lease fleet for a time.
Village of Smithville
Ludlow (town), Vermont
Sunday September 29, 2024
Slogging Thru Smithville
Continuing with this cloudy but colorful fall chase, Vermont Railway train 263 is seen working its way east as it passes a string of boxcars to be loaded at the Magris talc plant and approaches the East Hil Rd. grade crossing at MP 25.5 on the Green Mountain Railroad's Bellows Falls Subdivision. This line traces its history back to 1849 when the Rutland Railroad's mainline from the Connecticut River town to Burlington opened by way of its namesake community.
Leading the way, with an SD70 and two blue geeps trailing, is VTR 208 a GP38-2 purchased from LLPX. The unit was originally blt. in Aug. 1972 as Penn Central 8028 then passed to Conrail until being picked up by Union Pacific at the end of its 15 year lease where it spend a half dozen years before ending up in EMD's lease fleet for a time.
Village of Smithville
Ludlow (town), Vermont
Sunday September 29, 2024